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008			731106s1973 caua b 001 0 eng
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050	0		_aBL1227.A1 _bB495
100	1		_aBhardwaj, Surinder Mohan.
245	1	0	_aHindu places of pilgrimage in India; _ba study in cultural geography.
260			_aBerkeley, _bUniversity of California Press _c[1973]
300			_axviii, 258 p. _billus. _c24 cm.
504			_aBibliography: p. 233-247.
505	0		_aA general survey of the literature on places of pilgrimage in India -- Distribution of Hindu places of pilgrimage according to the Mah�abh�arata -- A grand pilgrimage of India according to the Mah�abh�arata -- Sacred places according to the Pur�a�nas and some later sources -- T�irthas : their relative importance, site characteristics, and principal deities -- Perception of the ranks of sacred places -- Determination of levels of sacred places -- The level of sacred place and the purpose and frequency of pilgrimage -- Level of sacred place and the religious travels of pilgrims -- Sacred places and the caste composition of pilgrims -- Sacred places and the diffusion of religious beliefs -- Pilgrim interaction at sacred places : the case of Hardwar.
650		0	_aPilgrims and pilgrimages _zIndia.
650		0	_aHindu shrines _zIndia.
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